A Day
After Iran-led Forces Recapture Alternative LOC to Aleppo
Syrians
rebels led by the Jihadist group Jund al-Aqsa today seized the town of Morek,
last government-held town on the main highway between Aleppo and the city of
Hama to its south.
“Jund
al-Aqsa and opposition groups have seized full control of the town of Morek
after a fierce offensive,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said.
(AFP, 5 November)
Last
month, the Syrian forces launched a major counteroffensive in Hama province
with Russian air and fire support, and the main Aleppo-Hama highway as a principal
objective. The loss of Morek is the first major setback for Russian-led offensives in Syria.
The
capture of Morek comes just a day after Iran-led pro-regime forces recaptured the
only road into the government-held side of Aleppo from the Islamic State
fighters, an alternative route the government uses to reach the western sector
of Aleppo City, which is under its control.
Photo
credit: Photo from Morek posted by Jund al-Aqsa on social media (Twitter)
